Sakakibara, Sadao; Flynn, Barbara B.; Schroeder, Roger G.; … - In: Management Science 43 (1997) 9, pp. 1246-1257
: (1) there was not a significant relationship between the use of JIT practices, alone, and manufacturing performance, (2 … management and infrastructure practice was related to manufacturing performance; (4) infrastructure, by itself, is sufficient to … explain manufacturing performance; and (5) manufacturing performance was related to competitive advantage. These findings …